SC 130 Physical Science Schedule
Calendar of topics and laboratories for physical science
Monday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
09 Jan Floaters
Text •
Outline
Assessment •
graph
11 Jan
011 Measurement
mass, height, BMI
12 Jan
L01 012 Density
A101, A204
13 Jan
Quiz 014
Sample lab
Rubric •
AlphaSoup
16 Jan Motion
RipStik motion
Photographer
021 Motion
How slow are you?
GPS, speed gun
022 Outside
L02 Linear motion
Start at gym
Quiz 024
Writing eval 012
23 Jan Motion
RipStik acceleration
Photographer
031 Ball arc Outside
Motion
L03 032
Accelerated motion
A101, A204
27 Jan
Test 01
30 Jan Motion
RipStik energy
Photographer
041 Conserve ℰ
Banana leaf
marble ramp
042
L04 Momentum
Quiz 044
06 Feb
Force to move
a RipStik
RipStik accelerate
051 Newton's laws
Yurt circle Outside
052
L05 Hooke's law
Static forces:
A non-linear system
13 Feb Heat
MITC: heat and temp
061 Temperature
Freezing to
boiling
062
L06 Heat
conduction
064 Quiz
20 Feb Earth
GPS orientation
071 Hide 'n seek
Outside
072 Outside
L07 Latitude A204
24 Feb
Test 02 Midterm
27 Feb Earth
MITC: climate change
081 Rel. humidity
Climate: king tide
El Niño/La Niña
082
L08 Clouds
084 quiz
084 tables
05 Mar Sound
RipStik wave
Photographer
091 Waves
092 Outside
L09 Sound speed
094 quiz
12 Mar
MITC: Color theory
101 Color
perception
achromatopsia
102
L10 Colors of Light
A204 Comp lab
104 quiz
19 Mar
111 Optics
Lenses
Pin hole cam
112
L11 Reflection &
refraction
23 Mar
114 test three
26 Mar
MITC: Micro hydro
121 Magnetism
122
L12 Circuits
30 Mar
Rahn en tiahk
02 Apr
Founding day
Apr 04
No classes
Spring break
Maundy Thursday
Good Friday
09 Apr Chemistry
131 Chemistry
Elements
132
L13 Acids & Bases
124-134 quiz
Fav lab survey
16 Apr Astronomy
141 Astronomy
Planetary
presentations
142
L14 Practical
Writing eval
144 Quiz
23 Apr Cosmology
MITC
Notes
30 Nov
151 Cosmology
MITC
152
L15 Site Swap
154 quiz
30 Apr
02 May
U ask, I answer
No ask, no answer
04 May 12:10 final
Ball animation on top of other elements
ball paths
Styrofoam cup for lab five
Odd numbered laboratory reports get written up using spread sheet (tables, xy scattergraph charts)
and word processing software (text with tables and charts pasted in), handed in, and marked using a rubric.
Software such as OpenOffice.org or Microsoft Excel integrated into Microsoft Word can be used for these reports. Laboratory 14 also gets a full write-up and is a laboratory practical examination.